Railway-brake-beam support



AM 9, 1929. c, R, BUSCH mum RAILWAY BRAKE BEAM, SUPPORT Filed May 28. 1926 2 Sheets$heet l ATTORNEY Apr-ii 9, 1929. c. R. BUSCH RAILWAY BRAKE BEAM SUPPORT Filed May 28, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 MN m A w w W mm ATTORN EY Patented Apr. 9, 1929.

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CHARLES R. BUSGH, ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO BUFFALO BRAKE BEAM;

COMPANY, or new YORK, n. Y.,

a oonronarion on NEW YORK.

RAILWAYBRAKE-BEAII SUPPORT.

Application filed m 28,

This invention relates to improvements in railway brake beam supports, and has particular reference to emergency safety sup porting bars and their connections to the spring plank or other part of a railway car truck, and to a method of forming certain portions thereof. I

An important object of the invention is to provide a safety bar and supporting bracket therefor, of extreme simplicity and lightness in weight without sacrificing the necessary mechanical strength. r v

Another object is to provide sucha bracket from sheet metal, andof such a formation as to be especially adapted for mounting flat bars. V Another object is to provide a novel and simplified blank for the formation of such a bracket from. sheet metal, andto provide an improved methodof producing the same.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, refer ence beinghad to the accompanyingdraw: ings, wherein one form of the invention is shown by wayof illustration. i

' In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan viewof a brake-beam mechanis nf for railway car trucks provided with emergency safety bars and supports therefor in accordance with this invention;

Figure 2 is a verticaltransverse sectional view on the line 22of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail plan View of a portionof the springplank and one of the safety bars attached thereto; Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view on the line H of Figure 3 with the safety bar shown in elevation Figure 5 is a detail side elevation with the safety bar shown in transverse section,said view being taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 3; Figure 6 is adetail perspective view of one of the supporting brackets perse, and

Figure 7 is adetail perspective view of a blank used in producing said supporting bracket. 7

The invention may be applied to various standard types of railway car trucks such as shown in Figures 1 and 2 wherein a spring plank 10 is provided substantially of'a channel formation and having the usual brakebeam mechanisms disposed longitudinally at its opposite sides. Such a brake beam mechanism includes brake-beam ll,

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compression member 12 connectedtogether intermediate their ends by the usual strut 13, as is well understood by those skilled in the art. V I

Mounted below the spring plank 10 and extending outwardly from the sides thereof to be positioned below the brake-beam mechanisms are a pair of emergency safety supporting bars 14; here shown in the form offlat metallic members having a substantially rectangular cross-section and held in place by means of brackets 15. Two brackets are preferably used for each safety bar and said brackets may be secured at opposite sides of the spring plank; as best shown in Figures 1.

to 3. Asall of these brackets are preferably alike a detail description of one will suffice for a complete understanding of the invention.

As best shown in Figures 2, 4, 5 and 6, the bracket 15 includes an attaching portion 16, by which it may be secured to the side flange 17 of thespring plank 1O bynieans of rivets 18 or other suitable fastening members, and a depending body portion 20 integral with said attaching portion. The upper end of the attaching portion 16 may be bent over, as at 21, to more positively hold the device in place and to relieve the. rivet 18 of the weightof the bracket an d the body portion 20 ymay preferably extend inwardly below the spring plank, as best shown in Figures 2 and 4t. Said body portion 20 includes a web member 22 disposed in substantially the same plane as the attaching member 16, and a pair of laterally extending members 23 and 24 which are adapted to provide flat bearing surfaces for engaging the opposite sides of the safety bar 14. The upper edges 25 of the members 28 and 24: are suitably formed to snugly seat against the bottom of the spring plank 10 in such a manner as to provide a firm mounting of the bracket on the car truck. In order to accommodate the safety bar 14, the members 23 and 24; are provided with aligned apertures 26 for thereception of a locking member 27, of any suitable form, and the web 22 is provided with an opening 27 of suitable size to permit longitudinal passage of the safety bar therethrouglr The preferreo embodiment of the inven tion contemplates the formation of the bracket 15 from sheet metal and for this purpose the material may be blanked out of the flat stock in the formshown at 28 in Figure 7. new. seen :trmn view that 1y portion 20 is of greater width than the attaching portion 16, the construction being such that the opposite side edges .29 and 30 manner that material from the opening may be inwardly bent, as shown at 83 and 34 in Figure 4;, to engage the. lower and upper edges, respectively, of the safety bar 14. In this manner a substantial, supporting set is formed for the safety bar at 33 and the parts may be so proportioned that the deflected ear at 84 may frictionally engage the upper edge of the safety bar in order to more securely hold the same in the event that the locking member 27 should become lost.

In use a-pair of the bracket members 15 are secured in alignment with the spring plank l0 and thereafter the safety bar ll'may be easily inserted through the aligned openings in the Webs 22 of said'brackets. The safety bar is, of course, suitably apertured for the passage of the locking-members 27, whereby the bar'is held against accidental displacement from its supporting brackets, and the safety bar may easily be removed from the car-truck for purposes of repairs or the like by first removing the locking-members 27 and withdrawing the bar outwardly. It will be evident from the foregoing that an extremely simple supporting bracket has been provided for the safety bars of railway brake beam mechanisms and that the assemblage of such brackets with relatively flat safety bars is particularly advantageous where lightness in weight is desirable. It is also to be not-ed that the safety bar may be supported closeup beneath the spring plank, and since nopart of the bracket extends outwardly any substan tial distance from the spring plank, the combin ati on of parts may be used where space for mounting the same is limited. In view of the improved method of forming the brackets, theymay be economically manufactured, and thesimplicity of construction has been effected without sacrificing any of the necessary mechanical strength of the parts. The blank28 may be. formed in any suitable man ner such asby punching, shearing, or the like,

- and in the event that it is punched out by means of dies, the slitting at 31 and 32 and the deflection of the portions 33 and 34; may be accomplished in the same operation if desired. Also the bending of the side portions 23 and 24 may becarried out simultaneously with any or all ofthe other steps of the process, will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

The invention is of course susceptible of modifications in the details of construction and in the steps of the method of producing the bracket, and the rightis herein reserved to 1 make such changes as fall within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention. c

Having thus described my invention, what licla i'm,is:- i r 1. A supporting bracket for safety bars and thelike comprising a metallic member adapted to be secured to the spring plank of a car truck, the lower portion of said member having a supporting seat'for a safety bar, and inwardly extending portions for engaging the opposite sides of the safety bar, said inwardly extending portions being seated against the lower surface of the spring plank,

2. A supporting bracket for safety bars and the like comprising ametallic member adapted to be secured to the spring plank of a car truck, the lower portion ofsaid member having inwardly extending meansfor engage 'ing-opposite sides of a safety bar and adapted to seat against the bottom of the spring plank,

and a web connecting said engaging means,

said web being apertured'for the passage of the safety barand provided with a supporting seat. I I l 1 i 3. A supporting bracketfor safety bars and the like comprising a metallic member adapted to'be secured to the spring plankof a car truck, the lowerportion of said member having inwardly extending means for engaging opposite sides of a safety bar and adapted to seat against the bottom of the spring plank, and a web connecting'said en'- gaging means, said web: being apertured for the passage of the safety bar, andmaterial from said aperture being deflected inwardly betweenth'e side engaging'means to form a supporting seat for the safety bar.

5. A. supporting bracket for safety bars and the like comprisinga metallic member formed from sheet material, said member having an attaching portion tobe secured to the spring plank of a -ar truck, anda depending portion including an apertured web for the passage and support of a safety bar,

portions of the web being deflected laterally V V to engage the'opposite sides of the safety bar, said deflected portions having alined I bar supporting having an attaching portion to be secured to the spring plank of a car truck, and a depending portion including an apertured web for the passage and support of a safety bar, portions of the web beingdefl'ected inwardly to form flat bearing surfaces for the opposite sides of the safety bar, said deflected portions being firmly seated against the bottom of the spring plank and having alined openings for reception of a locking member.

7. A blank for the formation of a safety bar supporting bracket from sheet metal, the blank having an attaching portion, and a body portion of greater width than the attaching portion and characterized by rela tively square lateral shoulders adjoining the attaching portion, the opposite edges of said body portion being adapted to be bent inwardly, and the lateral shoulders forming seats for engagement with a spring plank.

8. A blank for the formation of a safety bar supporting bracket from sheet metal, the blank having an attaching portion, and a body portion of greater width than the attaching portion, the opposite edges of said body portion being adapted to be bent latorally, and said body portion having slits in substantially the configuration of the letter H.

9. The method of producing a supporting bracket for safety bars, which consists in, providing a sheet metal blank, forming a pair of substantially parallel vertical slits therein, and deflecting material from between the slits sufficiently to dispose portions thereof in substantial parallelism whereby 'to provide a supporting seat for a safety bar.

10. The method of producing a supporting bracket for safety bars, which consists in pro-' viding a sheet metal blank with an attaching portion and a depending body portion of greater width, bending the opposite edges of the body portion laterally to form opposed bearing surfaces, forming an aperture for a safety bar in the body portion between said laterally deflected edges, and deflecting material from said aperture to forma safety seat between said laterally defleetededges. s

11. A supporting bracket for safety bars and the like comprising ametallic member adapted to be secured to the spring plank of a car truck, the lower portion of said memher having a supporting seat for a safety bar, and inwardly extending portions for engaging the opposite sides ofthe safety bar, said inwardly extending portions being deflected from integral portions of the metallic .member and adapted to seat against the lower side of the spring plank.

a car truck, the lower portion of said member having means for engaging opposite sides of a safety bar, and a web connecting said engaging means, said web being apertured for the passage of the safety bar.

13. A supporting bracket for safety bars and the like comprising a metallic member adapted to be secured to the spring plank of a car truck, and having a depending portion, part of said depending portion seating against the bottom of the spring plank and part having an aperture for the passage of a safety bar, and being further provided with an extended bar-supporting surface formed of material deflected from said aperture.

14. A supporting bracket for safety bars and the like comprising a metallic attaching portion adapted to be secured to the spring plank of a car truck, and a bar-supporting portion depending. therefrom, said bar-supporting portion being apertured for the passage of a safety bar and having an extended bar-supporting surface, deflected from the aperture, for engagement by the lower edge of the safety bar, and an inwardly extending portion providing a flat surface for engagement of one side of the bar.

15. A supporting bracket for safety bars and the like comprising a metallic member ada )ted to be secured to the s 3rin )lank ofa car truck, the lower portion of said metallic member including a web which is aperturcd for the passage of the safety bar, and proadapted to be secured to the s n'ing-plank of a car-truck, the lower portion of said metal lie member, below the spring-plank,"include ing a web, which is vertically apertured for the passage of a safety bar, and a portion deflected inwardly from one sideof the web and extending inwardly from one side of the aperture, said deflected portion adapted to bear against one verticalside of the safety bar and the bottom of the spring-plank.

CHARLES BUSCH.

vided with asubstantial bar-supporting seat 7 

